Bastille

Boys and girls wanna hear a true story?

Saturday night was at this real wild party

There was liquor overflowing the cup 

About five or six strippers trying to work for a buck, So I

took one girl outside with me 
Her name was Londi
she went to junior high with me and said

why you up in there dancing for cash? 
I guess a whole lot has changed since I seen you last, she said:

What would you do if your son was at home

Crying all alone on the bedroom floor 

Cause he's hungry 

And the only way to feed him 
is to 
Sleep with a man for a little bit of money 

And his daddy's gone 
In and out of lock down
I got a job now 
he's out smoking rock now
So for you this is just a good time 

But for me this is what I call life

Girl you ain't the only one to have a baby 

That's no excuse to be living all crazy 

so she stared me right square in the eye

And said, "Everyday I wake up hoping to die."

She said, we gonna know about pain cause 

Me and my sister ran away so my daddy couldn't rape us 
Before I was a teenager 
I done been through more shit you can't even relate to

What would you do if your son was at home 

Crying all alone on the bedroom floor 

Cause he's hungry 

And the only way to feed him is to 

Sleep with a man for a little bit of money 

And his daddy's gone 

In and out of lock down
I got a job now 
he's out smoking rock now


So for you this is just a good time 

But for me this is what I call life

(What would you do) Get up off my feet and stop making up tired excuses
(What would you do) Get up off my feet and stop making up tired excuses
(What would you do) Get up off my feet and stop making up tired excuses
(What would you do) Get up off my feet

What would you do if your son was at home 

Crying all alone on the bedroom floor 

Cause he's hungry 

And the only way to feed him is to
Sleep with a man for a little bit of money 
And his daddy's gone 

In and out of lock down
I got a job now 
he's out smoking rock now


So for you this is just a good time 

But for me this is what I call life

What would you do if your son was at home 

Crying all alone on the bedroom floor 

Cause he's hungry 

And the only way to feed him is to 

Sleep with a man for a little bit of money 

And his daddy's gone 

In and out of lock down
I got a job now 
he's out smoking rock now


So for you this is just a good time 

But for me this is what I call life

What would you do if your son was at home 

Crying all alone on the bedroom floor

Cause he's hungry